About me

Welcome! I am an Associate Professor (tenure-track) at International Institute of Finance, School of Management, University of Science and Technology of China (USTC). I received my Ph.D. degree from Florida State University (FSU) in 2022 under the supervision of Professor Xin Henry Zhang and Professor Qing Mai. I received my B.S. degree from USTC in 2017.

My research interests mainly cover dimension reduction, high-dimensional statistics, and tensor data analysis. I am also interested in applications in other fields, e.g., medical science, machine learning, finance, etc.

Education

  • 2017/08–2022/05: Ph.D. in Statistics, Florida State University.

  • 2013/08–2017/06: B.S. in Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, University of Science and Technology of China.

Employment

  • 2022/07–Present: Associate Professor (tenure-track), International Institute of Finance, School of Management, University of Science and Technology of China.

Research Interests

  • Dimension reduction
  • High-dimensional statistics
  • Robust statistics
  • Tensor data analysis

Awards

  • 2022/12: R.A. Bradley Award for the best PhD dissertation in the Department of Statistics, Florida State University.
  • 2018/10: Best First Year Student in Applied Statistics Award for outstanding achievement as a graduate student, Florida State University

Contact

Room 208, Building of Management Academy, USTC
No. 96 Jinzhai Rd, Hefei, China
Email: zengjxl[AT]ustc[DOT]edu[DOT]cn